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Spain punish England errors to win football thriller

The West Australian Staff Writers

27 Sept 2026 08:12 AEST Summary

From the report

England's comeback finished short against Spain while Croatia enjoyed a win and Scotland scratched to a draw in the UEFA Nations League.

This is a summary. The indicators are not. The scores were measured over this summary alone, which is less of the article than we would like and makes them less certain.

Indicators

Niral Score 4.1 mundaneloaded

None in this text. Words that carry a fact and quoted words are not counted.

win2

Sourcing 42 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

Measurements of how this article is written, not of whether it is correct. How each one is measured.

Measured on The West Australian’s report as filed, which is all we may publish of this one.

How outlets headlined it

Each outlet's own headline. ~~Struck through~~: the loaded words our version leaves out. Plainest first.

The West Australian Spain punish England errors to win football thriller plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Uefa Nations League today: How to watch England v Spain, TV channels & live stream plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) England 2-3 Spain: Nations League football – as it happened plain
The Guardian Australia (Sport) Oyarzabal earns Spain Nations League win as England pay for Kane penalty miss plain
WAtoday Kane misses ~~crucial~~ penalty against Spain 1 change

How each outlet filed it

Also covered by WAtoday, Brisbane Times, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald. We hold only their summary of it, not the report, so there is nothing of theirs to measure here.

Outlet	Niral Score	Adjectives	Sourcing	Political	Sentiment	Happiness
The West Australianas they published this story	4.1	0	42	0	0	50
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	14	10	0	0.1	0.5	51.3
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	6.9	1	51	0	-0.7	50
The Guardian Australia (Sport)	14.1	21	6	0	0.1	50.9

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The same event elsewhere

7 other outlets filed this story. The scoreboard above is what they did differently.

The Guardian Australia (Sport) Uefa Nations League today: How to watch England v Spain, TV channels & live stream Niral 14 political 0.1 The Guardian Australia (Sport) England 2-3 Spain: Nations League football – as it happened Niral 6.9 political 0 The Guardian Australia (Sport) Oyarzabal earns Spain Nations League win as England pay for Kane penalty miss Niral 14.1 political 0 WAtoday Kane misses penalty against Spain Niral 23.4 political 0 Brisbane Times Kane misses penalty against Spain Niral 23.4 political 0 The Age Kane misses penalty against Spain Niral 23.4 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald Kane misses penalty against Spain Niral 23.4 political 0